Category: Features
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Using Ambient Sound as Construction Progress Indicator
The AI in AEC 2025 conference showcased various technologies, applications, and case studies. Takahiro Morohashi, a researcher at the Kajima Research Institute, introduced an innovative technology that utilizes AI to analyze ambient sound from a job site. Getting data for situational awareness AI-powered construction progress monitoring applications require data from the job site to assess…
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The Tech Divide: How Construction Firms Embrace Emerging Technologies
A new study from the University of Sydney’s School of Engineering analyzes how digital tools shape construction practices in Australia. The research examined how three tiers of companies and various roles within those companies see the present and future of emerging technologies. An observation that stands out is that the smallest companies rate the importance…
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From Risk to Reliability with Solibri’s Cloud-Based BIM Model Validation
BIM quality assurance is essential for designers, contractors, and owners. For over 25 years, Solibri has been dedicated to ensuring model quality within open standards. It now offers the world’s leading model checker in the cloud for both Revit and OpenBIM. Errors in design data that go unnoticed until construction or handover create considerable extra…
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The Nordic Edge: Where PropTech Innovation Thrives
If you’re an investor looking for promising construction technology startups or a company wanting to collaborate with a startup, the Nordics is an excellent area to explore. This became evident during the annual Nordic PropTech Awards, which had over 150 finalists. The winners of the six award categories were announced on March 6, 2025, in Copenhagen. As…
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Nemetschek’s AI Evolution: What’s Next for AEC?
In this episode of the AI AEC Show, host Aarni Heiskanen is joined by Charlie Sheridan, Chief Data and AI Officer at Nemetschek Group. The discussion delves into artificial intelligence’s transformative impact on the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. Charlie shares his extensive technology background, from his early days at Intel, where he focused…
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Does Your Project Deliver the Expected Value?
“People come together on AEC projects as strangers. Too often leave as enemies.” That’s a quote from Sutter Health‘s lean project delivery manifesto. Imagine a project in which the owner expected financial predictability and reliability in project execution, but the project cost more than planned. The users were not happy either; they felt the facilities…
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Can BIM Models Become 95% Smaller?
When I started my computer-aided design journey in the 1980s, we could do amazing things with software and hardware that now seem ridiculously underpowered. Today, we have thousands of times more computational resources, but not enough for BIM, as many feel. I talked with Antonio González Viegas last Friday about this dilemma and what he…
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The Blueprint for BIM Success in Project Management
We discuss standardizing design data, but standardizing project management is equally important, particularly in BIM-based projects. Bane NOR‘s Jorge Domenech and Norconsult‘s Inge Handagard presented at the InfraBIM Open 2025 conference in Tampere, Finland, highlighting a client-initiated approach to achieving this. Bane NOR is Norway’s government agency responsible for operating, maintaining, and constructing railways and…
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We’re Using 20th Century Tools to Design 21st Century Buildings
“I refuse to accept this status quo. I cannot accept a future where we can hail self-driving cars, unlock buildings with facial recognition, or book flights using AI-powered software. Yet, architects and engineers must rely on software designed in the 1990s as they craft cutting-edge structures.” That’s a quote from a recent blog post by…
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It is Time to Assess Your Strategy
Does your AEC company have a live strategy? Many companies claim to have one, but it fails to answer some basic questions. What is strategy? There is no single, all-encompassing definition of strategy. The Economist noted in its March 1993 issue, “Nobody really knows what strategy is.” Professor Henry Mintzberg outlined five different ways to…